It is surprising when we realize just how much we are surrounded by images.
Images allow us not only to perform complex tasks on a daily basis, but also
to communicate, transmit information, represent and understand the world
around us. Just think, for instance about digital television, medical imagery,
video-surveillance, etc....
Several modifications have been incorporated into the text in the light of recent
advances in some aspects of the subject. Further information on the interesting phenomenon
of cavitation has been included and a new section on the optimum design of
a pump inlet together with a worked example have been added which take into account...
At last researchers have an inexpensive library of Java-based numeric procedures for use in scientific computation. The first and only book of its kind, A Numeric Library in Java for Scientists and Engineers is a translation into Java of the library NUMAL (NUMerical procedures in ALgol 60).
The modern wireless communication industry has put great demands on
circuit designers for smaller, cheaper transceivers in the gigahertz frequency
range. One tool which has assisted designers in satisfying these requirements is
the use of on-chip inductive elements (inductors and transformers) in silicon (Si)
radio-frequency...
Have you ever wondered how electronic products are created? Do you have an idea for a new electronic gadget but no way of testing the feasibility of the device? Have you accumulated a junk box of electronic parts and now wonder what to build with them? Well, this book will answer all your questions about discovering cool and innovative...
When I was 10 years old, I purchased an introductory electronics book at a local pharmacy. I cherished this book because I knew it contained marvelous and fascinating knowledge about electronics—an awesome, mysterious, and exciting field that was to become the literal foundation of the next step in human progress. Unfortunately, after...
It is well-known that speckle is a multiplicative noise that degrades image quality and the visual evaluation in ultrasound imaging. This necessitates the need for robust despeckling techniques for both routine clinical practice and teleconsultation. The goal for this book is to introduce the theoretical background (equations), the...
Many foods depend on additives for safety, stability or preservation. Foods are packaged to protect them and keep them in good condition while they are delivered to shops, stacked on shelves or stored at home. The packaging material has to both preserve the food and to protect it from deterioration, outside contamination or damage during...
This book is based on lectures regularly taught in the fourth and fifth years
graduate courses in transport phenomena and chemical reactor modeling,
and in a post graduate course in modern reactor modeling at the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Trondheim, Norway. The objective...
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT SIR ISAAC NEWTON was the last person to know everything. He was an
accomplished physicist (his three laws of motion were the basis of classical mechanics, which defi ned
astrophysics for three centuries), mathematician (he was one of the inventors of calculus and
developed Newton’s Method for fi nding...
This book is about the thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions that make
up the metabolism of living organisms. It is not an introductory text, but the
fundamental principles of thermodynamics are reviewed. The reader does need
some background in thermodynamics, such as that provided by a first course in
physical...
This book provides an accelerated introduction to Maple for scientific programmers who already have experience in other computer languages (such as C, Pascal, or FORTRAN). It gives an overview of the most commonly used constructs and an elementary introduction to Maple programming. The new edition is substantially updated throughout. In...
